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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2011 14:36:40 GMT -5
Hi all! Inside the cage, I clamp my litterboxes to the cage, so that they stay put and nobody dumps them out or poops behind them. However, OUTSIDE the cage, in the ferret room, the floor is laminate / fake wood, and I have 2 litterboxes in the ferret play room. Both are in a corner of the room. My ferrets will sometimes push them around the room, then when they need to poop or pee, sometimes they will use that corner...without the litterbox! It's rare but when it happens it's annoying. One time I even came in and they had tipped over the litterbox, spilling used, poopy litter all over the floor!  Any creative ideas for how to make the litterboxes stay put when outside the cage? |
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Post by Heather on Aug 22, 2011 14:46:35 GMT -5
At one time I tried bolting the boxes to the wall....but I've got so many litter boxes it became rather annoying. I also have to find some method that doesn't require me to constantly unscrew the boxes to wash them (makes a mess of the drywall). I'm presently looking for some sort of switch or clip that will allow me to access the boxes but not be so simple that they can figure out how to unhook it. I've always had brats who believed that nothing should be against the wall...toy, cages, litter boxes. Ghenghis was the worst. I always knew when they were a little "ticked off" because the litter boxes would all be kicked to the center of the room and there would be poopies on the wall ciao |
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Post by goingpostal on Aug 22, 2011 14:46:49 GMT -5
In my ferret room I always had other stuff holding litter pans in places, when I had seven ferrets and seven litter pans I had four cages out so some of those were in cage and others held in place by cages, furniture or dig box. I only have two cat pans now, one in the FN and one in the room which is between a dig box and dresser, they can push it out but there's plastic underneath anyways so not a big deal. I don't know what your wall is made of but could you screw a hook in and clamp them to that?
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Post by melcab on Aug 22, 2011 15:23:24 GMT -5
We're still working on litter training outside the cage, but in the kitchen where I let them run around is the cat's box. It is a large, covered box with a doorway. They don't go in it consistently, but they haven't managed to move it because it is a deep box and we keep it full of litter which makes it pretty heavy. When they go in it to dig the "privacy cover" makes it so the litter doesn't come out of the box. In it I use a natural corn clumping litter so I scoop it out before letting them romp so they aren't tunneling through the cat's and their own poop since the depth of the box makes them want to tunnel and dig in it, but they definitely don't move it or dump it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2011 15:24:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2011 18:56:19 GMT -5
hardware strength Velcro!!!!!! this works for me!!!!!!!!! but you have to get the REALLY good kind, and it could be minorly expensive  hope it helps! |
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Post by fearless on Aug 22, 2011 21:19:40 GMT -5
What if you fastened them to a heavy object and shoved it in the wall? Then you wouldn't be damaging the walls of floors.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2011 1:36:26 GMT -5
I poked some holes in the back of my high back litter box and used shower hooks to secure it to my FN one hook is towards the top and is hooked around the bars of the actual cage, one hook is further down and is connected to one of the horizontal support bars of the stand. It's kind of nosy when they start trying to knock it about, but it stays pretty secure and is un-dumpable. edit: I should probably note that I don't have the wheels on my stand because I don't want them crawling underneath it so my cage is a little lower to the ground.. it might not work for a FN on the stand with the wheels on |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2011 8:12:35 GMT -5
I didn't want to attach anything to the walls or floor, so our playspace has a modified Rubbermaid under-the-bed litter box mounted to a heavy piece of 3/4" plywood with a few strips of industrial velcro. They can't move it... much. But I can still pull the Rubbermaid half free for cleaning without needing my husband to heft the whole thing in and out. I don't have a problem with them "missing" much, so the untreated plywood hasn't been a problem.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2011 10:44:01 GMT -5
I use velcro on the walls ;D
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Post by rajh08 on Aug 25, 2011 10:04:44 GMT -5
The 1st thought I had when I read this was Velcro and apparently others got that idea too and are using it lol
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Post by acodlin on Aug 25, 2011 19:33:46 GMT -5
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